SW: 256.4 1/06/2018

4/01/2018 222
4/08/2018 221
4/15/2018 218
4/21/2018 218

What in the heck. April is not turning out like I want to. Either I’m started to put on some muscle or not. Gotta start measuring myself cuz I had to make a hole in my belt and that is starting to feel loose. Maybe 214 is achievable.

I wonder, I’m doing OMAD. Should I be eating all the protein and fat amounts or is it good if I stay under? I wonder if not eating my daily amount is hindering my weight lose. Thoughts?

mznik114 wrote: »

**Happy Dance** Getting better and better at pushing forward! This week I was faced with a work birthday party with my FAVORITE cake! I cannot believe I didn't indulge. Later in the week I was faced with pizza...again...my FAVORITE! I'm so glad I chose to say no and turn my attention to something else! Not sure that it will ever get easier...but one day at a time!

@mznik114 That's so awesome that you stayed strong and turned away from PIZZA and CAKE! I know that wasn't easy. Way to go!

shizzlebeef wrote: »

SW: 256.4 1/06/2018

4/01/2018 222
4/08/2018 221
4/15/2018 218
4/21/2018 218

What in the heck. April is not turning out like I want to. Either I’m started to put on some muscle or not. Gotta start measuring myself cuz I had to make a hole in my belt and that is starting to feel loose. Maybe 214 is achievable.

I wonder, I’m doing OMAD. Should I be eating all the protein and fat amounts or is it good if I stay under? I wonder if not eating my daily amount is hindering my weight lose. Thoughts?

@shizzlebeef I don't know anything about OMAD personally, but I've heard that regardless of how many times you eat a day you still should try to hit your calorie and macro goals.
I think it's better to see your pants feeling looser and having to tighten your belt, than the # on the scale. That's awesome! You should be happy about that. Unless you have a scale that is checking your fat & muscle % and are keeping up with those numbers, (I have one and watch them but don't 100% trust that it's completely accurate,) but just because your total weight didn't go down, doesn't mean that you didn't lose body fat. Way to go! I definitely think that is a win.

Keto week 15 was not good for me. What I should say is KetoISH week 15 was not good for me. By ketoish, I mean high fat and high sugar (Not a good combo). I didn’t just over indulge in keto food, I caved to plain old sugar. Two nonketo (NK) luncheons and two NK dinners kind of set the stage for my bad week. I could have faired fine if I just managed those 4 occasions better but I didn’t.

Instead I used the old, I’ve blown it already - I might as well write off the rest of the day, excuse to indulge in other NK things. Results – for the only the second time in my 15 weeks of keto I gained weight. No worries though! I’m back on the real deal keto trail with no distractions in the for seeable future.

Here’s another thing I’ve noticed happens to me on ketoISH days/weeks. I have cravings that I struggle to fight off. When I’m keto clean I don’t seem to have cravings. When I do cave it seems to lead to another caving, then another, then another…….. I’m not trying to make excuses, but I think 4 NK eating events in one week overwhelmed the good habits I’ve been trying to build with keto. It has shown me that my old bad habits are out there just waiting for a crack in my keto plan to rush back in.

This week I gained 2.0 pounds putting me back to 166.4lbs and under 39 lbs lost again. I’m NOT going to set outcome (weight or BF%) goals for the rest of April or May. Instead my goals will be performance (keto clean or tracking) goals. That way my goals will be on me to accomplish, instead of me hoping the scale will have an outcome I desire. If you don’t play you can’t win! That said, my goal is to eat Keto Clean and track every day until May.

@shizzlebeef I read recently that your body can only absorb so much protein from each meal. I'm not sure what it does with the rest after it's absorbed what it can but that's something I'm still looking into. If you're strength training you can fuel yourself pre & post workout to ensure your muscles are getting the protein needed to build. More lean muscle means more calorie burning. Maybe try something new and see if it works. If not you can go back to OMAD, or do OMAD on rest days.

@shizzlebeef wrote: I wonder, I’m doing OMAD. Should I be eating all the protein and fat amounts or is it good if I stay under? I wonder if not eating my daily amount is hindering my weight lose. Thoughts?

I’m not sure what your goal is? If your goal is to is to lose weight and gain/maintain muscle you should expect slow results as muscle is way heavier than fat. If you don’t want to lose muscle your protein target is important but there are other things to consider.

Of course, we are all experiments of one, and what works for me might not work for you. I’ve lost close to 40 pounds in 15 weeks and only lost 1.4 pounds of muscle mass. I’ve done that by staying pretty close to all of my macros and not trying to tweak any of them to tailor my results. I’ve also found that two meals a day in a 6-8 eating window works for me.

I’ve done OMADs on occasion but the 23 hour fasting is too extreme for me. Heck I get out of control even eating twice a day (last week I gained 2 pounds). I do exercise daily and I think that helps me maintain muscle. On the other hand, it makes me hungry and I know I couldn’t sustain eating only once daily and fasting that long.

I also want keto to become a lifestyle instead of just a process to reach a goal. Eating once a day seems extreme to me and I am certain I couldn’t do it for long. For me it is going to be slow and steady. Hopefully, for the rest of my life because I eating fat.

@eggfooyamyam I prefer the "HOLY COW!" part. Can you really be a party pooper when you can liberally eat chicken wings, cheese and bacon?

Sunday 04/01 132.4
Sunday 04/08 131.4
Sunday 04/15 131.2
Sunday 04/22 130.8
Sunday 04/29

I was actually shocked the number wasn't higher today. We went out for date night and I had a big dinner, so I thought I would wait a little late today to step on the scale, but then I ended up eating breakfast and a high calorie lunch. Also yesterday I did a total of 36g of carbs. I don't think that's too bad since I tried to keep my lunch yesterday as low as possible knowing we were going out to eat. But I'm ok with that, and especially because it was high because of sweet potatoes, at least it wasn't from other things.

My wins though mean more than my number. I did weigh 129.8 yesterday which I knew I wouldn't see for the weigh in today but it was good to see it say the 20's again. I also had one of those mirror moments, before even stepping on the scale, where I was getting ready and I looked at myself in the full mirror and felt like I could see my results. I felt like I could see my stomach had flattened down some, and I know it did because it gave me the confidence to try on my skinny jeans, one of the ones that I have saved even though I had done lapped over the top. Well I didn't lap over them and I felt so good in them that I wore them on my date night. That has made me do the happy dance.

NikkiJRM wrote: »

You see that .4 loss this week? THAT officially put me over the 80lb loss mark. YYYYYYYYAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! You know what THAT means!!! PROGRESS PIC TIME!!

Sunday 04/01 - 184.6
Sunday 04/08 - 183.4 (-1.2)
Sunday 04/15 - 182.4 (-1.0)
Sunday 04/22 - 182.0 (-0.4)
Sunday 04/29

Mr Nikki is still doing well. He told me yesterday he struggles with not eating a huge plate of carby food. We grew up eating a plate of rice & beans, and lots of root veggies at almost every meal. He doesn't love veggies so it's hard to replace the carbs he's used to eating.
4/1 - 223.8
4/8 - 212.8 (-11)
4/15 - 209.8 (-3)
4/22 - 206.8 (-3)


..............7/15/17 262.2...................1/06/18 198.3...................4/15/18 182.0

WOW NikkiJRM...You look amazing! Congrats on your 80 lb loss! You're so inspiring to the rest of us!

NikkiJRM wrote: »

You see that .4 loss this week? THAT officially put me over the 80lb loss mark. YYYYYYYYAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! You know what THAT means!!! PROGRESS PIC TIME!!

Sunday 04/01 - 184.6
Sunday 04/08 - 183.4 (-1.2)
Sunday 04/15 - 182.4 (-1.0)
Sunday 04/22 - 182.0 (-0.4)
Sunday 04/29


..............7/15/17 262.2...................1/06/18 198.3...................4/15/18 182.0

Nikki you look GREAT!!! Awesome accomplishment!!!